Posted on January 11, 2016
Exploiting hi-tech computer software and a 3D camera, researchers in the University of Pretoria's department of genetics plan to improve their understanding of how genetic disorders reveal themselves in the facial features of babies.
Posted on October 29, 2015
Check out the News24 piece entitled: Afrikaner women 'more faithful' over 300 years - study written by Ahmed Areff (NEWS24)
Posted on October 08, 2015
2015 marks the first year that a student team from the University of Pretoria (UP) participated in the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition and only the third time that an African team participated in this prestigious event.
Posted on August 21, 2015
Forests worldwide are continually under threat from introduced insects and pathogens despite the best biosecurity efforts. Without a concerted global effort to understand and control invasive pests the problem is expected to worsen as international trade increases.
Posted on July 13, 2015
University of Pretoria (UP) Profs Zander Myburg, Nigel Bennett and Dr Thulani Makhalanyane were winners of National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)-BHP Billiton Awards.
Posted on May 13, 2015
Researchers and postgraduate students from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) and the Genomics Research Institute (GRI) at the University of Pretoria contributed to eight articles in a special issue of the journal, New Phytologist.
Posted on February 04, 2015
Prof Brenda Wingfield has received the Christiaan Hendrik Persoon medal - the highest award that the SASPP can make to a member.
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